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Believe me, it jabs you. When you're on the side of buses and New York loves you, you love to go out there every night. It's like a race. Curtain opens, out you go, and New York is yours.
Angela Lansbury
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Angela Lansbury
Age: 99
Born: 1925
Born: October 16
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Angela Brigid Lansbury
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I just went along for the ride. It was a God-given gift. It is. So you can't say well, you wasted your life because you spent all of it acting, but I think gosh, I've never been to China, I've never been to Japan. I've never been to Yellowstone Park.
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I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.
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My daughter used to sit and watch Murder, She Wrote. I tried to watch with her, but I fell asleep.
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I don't think about going back to the theater.
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I can't say that I pursued a career. I really didn't, it just sort of happened.
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